Journal-box.



N0- 807,253. PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905. M. D. DOWNS.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1905.

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No. 807,253. PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

M; D. DOWNS.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 9. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'MARTIN DOC DOWNS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

JOURNAL-BOX- To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN Doo Downs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington city, District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in J ournal- Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to journal-boxes; and the object thereof resides in certain improvements hereinafter more specifically described for connecting the lid to the body of the box to prevent rattling of the lid, to compensate for Wear of the lid, to permit of the lid being readily removed from and to closure position,

- in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a journalbox, showing the adaptation of my improved lid. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lid, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the eccentrically-mounted disk and its opera ating-lever.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 denotes the body portion of the box, which may-be of any suitable construction, and 2 the lid, which, as shown, is substantially rectangular in contour, yet any suitable contour of lid can be employed. The lid 2 is adapted to close the open end of the box and has a means associating therewith which will be hereinafter referred to and which is adapted to prevent the rattling of the lid, to compensate for the wear of the lid, to permit of the lid being readily removed from and to closure position, to readily secure the lid to the body of the box when the lid is moved to closure position, and to suspend the lid when the latter is shifted to open the box, so that access can be had thereto.

The said means to obtain the functions set forth in the preceding paragraph and which associates with the box-lid consists of provid- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 9, 1905- Serial No. 264.530.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

offset 3. The said stud 7 is fixed to a bracket 9, secured to the side of the box, and the said stud 7 is further provided at its outer end with a head 10, between which and the disk 6 and on the stud 7 is arranged a compressionspring 11, said spring bearing against the disk 6 for retaining it in the recess 4. To furthermore prevent the disk 6 from leaving the recess 4 when said disk 6 is rotated, the disk is provided with a pair of diametrically opposite slits, into which is adapted to extend an overhanging ledge 12, formed at the top of the wall 5. To retain the disk 6 in position when the same has been adjusted, so as to move the lid 2 to closure position, said disk is provided with a protuberance 13, having a tooth 14, which is adapted to engage in the teeth of a rack 15, formed on the offset 3. The disk 6 is rotated through the medium of a hand-lever 16, suitably connected therewith, and which when the lid 2 is moved to closure position is adapted to extend across one corner of said lid. The lid 2 is connected to the body portion of the box when said-lid 2 is moved to closure position, so as to rigidly secure the lid 2 with the body portion through the medium of two pairs of interlocking wedgeshaped lugs, (indicated by the reference characters l7 18, respectively,) the pair of lugs 17 being carried by the lid 2 and a pair of lugs 18 being connected to or formed integral with the body portion. The lugs of each pair of lugs are arranged diametrically opposite one another. When the lid is moved to closure position, the lugs 18 are adapted to extend between the lugs 17 and the inner face of the lid 2, and by forming the lugs '17 and 18 in a wedge-like manner the securing of the lid 2 to the body portion can be had, so as to compensate for any wear of the lid 2 and also the lugs, as will be evident from the wedgeshaped formation of the lugs. The arrangement of the rack 15 on the offset 3 enables the tooth 14 to engage at various points of the length of the rack, so that the disk 6 can loe prevented from turning, even though the inner face of the lid is worn. The transverselyextending slot 8 in the offset 3 is of such length as to permit the lid to be shifted transversely in either direction over the open end of the journal-box during the operation of moving the lid to and from closure position. The engaging of the overhanging ledge in either one of the slits of the disk 6, in connection with the stud 7 acts as a suspension means for the lid when it is lowered, and, furthermore, the overhanging ledge when engaging in one of the slits of the disk 6 prevents the lid from shifting in the direction of the length of the stud 7 and also prevents the lid from being accidentally displaced off the stud 7. The

protuberance and its tooth, in connection with the rack ofthe offset, and, furthermore, in connection with the beveled lugs, rigidly secures the box-lid in its closure position, as will be evident, and, furthermore, prevents the displacement of the disk 6. To enable the lid to. be swung downwardly after the same has been shifted transversely, the lower face of the offset 3 is cut away, as at 19, and by such an arrangement the lid can be tilted so that the same can be swung downwardly. The toothed rack of the offset 3 acts as a stop for the lever 16 when moving the same in one directionthat is to say, away from the boXto shift the lid from closure position. When moving the lid to closure position, the lever 16 is moved toward the box. Owing to. the construction of the means for securing the lid to the body of the box, said lid when in its closure position forms, in connection with the body of the box, a substantially dust-proof journal-box, or, in other words, a journal-box constructed in accordance with this invention is substantially dust-proof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A journal-box lid having an offset formed with a cam-surface, means engaging said surface for shifting the lid, and means forming a part of the offset and engaging in the firstmentioned means to prevent the displacement thereof.

2. A journal-box lid having an offset at one side provided with a cam-surface and an overhanging ledge, and means engaging in said cam-surface for shifting the lid, said means provided with a slit adapted to receive said ledge to prevent the displacement of said means.

8. A journal-box lid having an offset provided with a cam-surface, an overhanging ledge and a toothed rack, and means engaging in said cam-surface for shifting the lid, said means engaging in said rack to retain it in the position set, and said ledge engaging in said means to prevent the displacement thereof.

i. A journal-box lid having an offset pro vided with a recess, a cam-surface, a slot, an overhanging ledge and a toothed rack, a rotatable means mounted in said recess and adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid, said means engaging in said rack for retaining it in the position set and said ledge adapted to engage in said means to prevent said means from being-displaced out of the recess, combined with means extending through said slot and adapted to support the rotatable means.

5. A journal-box lid having an offset pro-.

vided with a recess, a cam-surface, a slot, an overhanging ledge and a toothed rack, a rotatable means mounted in said recess and adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid, said means engaging in said rack for retaining it in the position set and said ledge adapted to engage in said means to prevent said means from being displaced out of the recess, combined with means extending through said slot and adapted to support the said rotatable means, and a lever carried by said rotatable means.

6. In a journal-box, the combination with the body portion thereof provided with a pair of lugs and a lid provided'with a pair of lugs adapted to interlock with the first-mentioned lugs, said lid further provided with an offset having a cam-surface, of rotatable means sup ported by said body portion and adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid to and from closure position.

7. In a journal-box, the combination with a part of the offset and engaging in said rotatable means for preventing the displacement of the latter.

8. In a journal-box, the combination with the body portion thereof provided with a pair of lugs and a lid provided with a pair of lugs adapted to interlock with the first-mentioned lugs, said lid further provided with an offset having a cam-surface, of rotatable means sup-.

ported by said body portion and adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid to and from closure position, means forming a part of the offset and engaging in said rotatable means for preventing the displacement of the latter, a part of said rotatable means engaging in said offset for retaining the said rotatable means in the position set.

9. In a journal-box, the combination with a body portion and a lid therefor, of means for securing the lid in closure position, a ro-v tatable and eccentrically-mounted disk engaging with the lid for shifting it to and from closure position, and said lid having a part thereof engaging in the disk to prevent the displacement thereof.

- 10. In a journal-box, the combination with a body portion and a lid therefor, of means for securing the lid in closure position, a rotatable and eccentrically-mounted disk engaging with the lid for shifting it to and from closure position, said lid having a part thereof engaging in the disk to prevent the displacement thereof, and means carried by the disk and engaging in the lid for retaining said disk in the position set.

11. A journal-box lid, having an offset provided with a cam-surface and further provided with a beveled lower face, of rotatable means adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid to and from closure position, said beveled lower face of said offset permitting of the rocking of the lid so that the latter can be swung downwardly.

12. A journal-box lid, having an offset provided with a cam-surface and further provided with a beveled lower face, of rotatable means adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid to and from closure position, said beveled lower face of said oflset permitting of the rocking of the lid so that the latter can be swung downwardly, and said offset having a part thereof engaging in said rotatable means for preventing the displacement of the latter.

13. A journal-box lid having an offset provided with a cam-surface and further provided with a beveled lower face, of rotatable means adapted to engage said cam-surface for shifting the lid to and from closure position, said beveled lower face of said oflset permitting of the rocking of the lid so that the latter can be swung downwardly, a part of said offset engaging in said rotatable means for preventing the displacement of the latter, and a part of said rotatable means engaging with said offset for retaining the rotatable means in the position set.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN DOC DOWNS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. REA, N. L. BOGAN. 

